From maria.mirto at unisalento.it Thu May 6 03:21:58 2010 From: maria.mirto at unisalento.it (Maria Mirto) Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 09:21:58 +0200 Subject: [Open-bio-announce] CFP: CBMS2010 - Special Track (ST-04) on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing Message-ID: <85C183B5-439A-4F6F-BFE6-9209FA10109C@unisalento.it> -- Apology for multiple posting --- ===================================================================== 23rd IEEE International Symposium on COMPUTER-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS Perth, Australia, 12-15 October 2010 4th Special Track on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing http://sara.unisalento.it/cbms2010/ ===================================================================== * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline June 17, 2010 * * * ===================================================================== One of the biggest challenges in HealthCare is the integration and analysis of disparate data coming, for instance, from genomics and proteomics experiments, as well as from clinical investigations (e.g. medical images and electronic patient records) in order to discover correlations among clinical data and genetic assessment. Many computer tools, methods and platforms for the seamless integration of biomedical data and bioinformatics tools are already available and these need large computing power in areas such as: ? The medical image processing community that is facing a growing need to analyze 2D, 3D and 4D images in order to realistically simulate medical treatments or surgery (radiotherapy, plastic surgery, etc.), and to develop computer aided surgery; ? Integration of results and easy access by physicians to all of their patients? medical data anytime, anywhere. There is a tremendous potential for end-users in many fields of science, such as Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, to routinely conduct large scale computations on distributed resources by using a combination of the following technologies: ? Distributed middleware for connecting data/cluster computing centers: this includes Grid computing middleware for user?s authentication and accounting, remote job submission, resource scheduling/reservation, and data management; ? Virtualization technologies capable of providing on demand application-specific execution environments: this involves a style of computing, Cloud Computing, in which on-demand resources are provided as a service over the Internet. HealthGrid is an environment that allows sharing of resources, in which heterogeneous and dispersed health data as well as applications can be accessed by all users as a tailored information providing system according to their authorization. However, several issues such as security and management of privacy data represent one of the biggest obstacles to adopt Grid technology as health IT. Cloud computing is emerging as a model for enabling convenient, on demand network access to a shared pool of configurable resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. Cloud computing poses obvious challenges and opportunities for public health informatics. Among the challenges there will be an escalation of the need for secure communications and storage especially when public health data is collected and transmitted using non-healthcare infrastructure. The main goal of the track is to exchange ideas and results related to on going grid and cloud computing research in HealthCare, with a look toward Biomedicine and Bionformatics, focusing on different aspects of middleware, technologies and applications. Topics of Interest The topics of interest will include but will be not limited to: * Grid Computing Infrastructures, Middleware and Tools for Biomedicine and Bioinformatics; * Cloud infrastructures: advances and evaluation of virtualization technologies; * Medical data and metadata management; * Security in HealthGrid and Cloud; * Semantic aspects in Grid and Cloud for Biomedical Data; * Grid/cloud applications: Service and/or algorithm design and implementation applicable to health applications; * Best practices related to solving large-scale problems on grid/ cloud infrastructures; * Parallel applications on grid/cloud infrastructures: theory and practice, programming models, intercluster communications, remote execution; * Workflow Management Systems targeting HealthGrid and Cloud applications; * Scientific gateways and user environments targeting HealthGrid and Cloud applications; * Grid-based Visualization of Biomedical Data; * Integration of HealthGrid and Cloud Applications into Clinical Practice. Important Dates Submission deadline for regular papers: 17 Jun 2010 Notification of acceptation: 2 Aug 2010 Final camera ready due: 2 Sep 2010 Author registration: 2 Sep 2010 Workshop Chairs * Maria Mirto - Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change & Univ. of Salento - Italy * Giovanni Aloisio - Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Univ. of Salento & SPACI ? Italy * Almerico Murli, University of Naples, Italy * Tony Solomonides, Univ. of the West of England, UK * Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Program Committee * Robert G. Belleman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Vincent Breton (CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Clermont-Ferrand, France) * Marian Bubak (AGH Krakow PL/ UvA Amsterdam NL) * Massimo Cafaro (University of Salento, Lecce, Italy) * Mario Cannataro (University "Magna Gr?cia" of Catanzaro, Italy) * Rita Casadio (Biocomputing Lab, University of Bologna, Italy) * Henri Casanova (University of Hawaii, USA) * Ewa Deelman (ISI/USC, USA) * Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee, USA) * Geoffrey Fox (Indiana University, USA) * Vicente Hernandez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) * Dieter Kranzlmueller (Ludwing-Maximilian University Munich & Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Germany) * Mary Kratz (University of Michigan Medical School Information Services, USA) * Giuliano Laccetti (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy) * Yannick Legre (CNRS/IN2P3 France) * David Manset (University of Savoie, France, University West of England, UK, Maat G knowledge, Madrid, Spain) * Johan Montagnat (CNRS (I3S laboratory) France) * Silvia D. Olabarriaga (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Cecilia Saccone (ITB/CNR Institute of Biomedical Technologies of Bari, Italy) * Ashish Sharma (Emory University, Atlanta, USA) * Jonathan Silverstein (Computation Institute of the University of Chicago, USA) * Richard Sinnott (National e-Science Centre, Glasgow, UK) * Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia) Paper Submission and Publication We invite original previously unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Each paper must be prepared following the IEEE 2-column format and should not exceed the length of 6 (six) letter-sized pages, submitted electronically using the paper submission system prior to the submission deadline. CBMS 2010 submission web site is http://www.cbms2010.debii.curtin.edu.au All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one of the authors of accepted papers is required to register and present the work at the conference; otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Please contact mariaDOTmirtoATunisalento.it it for any question. From jeedward at yahoo.com Fri May 14 18:23:35 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Open-bio-announce] Call for papers: BCBGC-10, USA, July 2010 Message-ID: <819478.83014.qm@web45904.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research is in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, data-mining, and related areas. Call for papers: BCBGC-10, USA, July 2010 The 2010 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during 12-14 of July 2010 in Orlando, FL, USA. BCBGC is an important event in the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics and chemoinformatics and focuses on all areas related to the conference. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several other major international conferences will be taking place. The conference will be held as part of 2010 multi-conference (MULTICONF-10). MULTICONF-10 will be held during July 12-14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields. The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) ? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) ? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) ? International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (CCN-10) ? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) ? International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) ? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) ? International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) ? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) ? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) MULTICONF-10 will be held at Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites. It is a full-service resort that puts you in the middle of the fun! Located 1/2 block south of the famed International Drive, the hotel is just minutes from great entertainment like Walt Disney World? Resort, Universal Studios and Sea World Orlando. Guests can enjoy free scheduled transportation to these theme parks, as well as spacious accommodations, outdoor pools and on-site dining ? all situated on 10 tropically landscaped acres. Here, guests can experience a full-service resort with discount hotel pricing in Orlando. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward From maria.mirto at unisalento.it Thu May 6 07:21:58 2010 From: maria.mirto at unisalento.it (Maria Mirto) Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 09:21:58 +0200 Subject: [Open-bio-announce] CFP: CBMS2010 - Special Track (ST-04) on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing Message-ID: <85C183B5-439A-4F6F-BFE6-9209FA10109C@unisalento.it> -- Apology for multiple posting --- ===================================================================== 23rd IEEE International Symposium on COMPUTER-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS Perth, Australia, 12-15 October 2010 4th Special Track on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing http://sara.unisalento.it/cbms2010/ ===================================================================== * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline June 17, 2010 * * * ===================================================================== One of the biggest challenges in HealthCare is the integration and analysis of disparate data coming, for instance, from genomics and proteomics experiments, as well as from clinical investigations (e.g. medical images and electronic patient records) in order to discover correlations among clinical data and genetic assessment. Many computer tools, methods and platforms for the seamless integration of biomedical data and bioinformatics tools are already available and these need large computing power in areas such as: ? The medical image processing community that is facing a growing need to analyze 2D, 3D and 4D images in order to realistically simulate medical treatments or surgery (radiotherapy, plastic surgery, etc.), and to develop computer aided surgery; ? Integration of results and easy access by physicians to all of their patients? medical data anytime, anywhere. There is a tremendous potential for end-users in many fields of science, such as Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, to routinely conduct large scale computations on distributed resources by using a combination of the following technologies: ? Distributed middleware for connecting data/cluster computing centers: this includes Grid computing middleware for user?s authentication and accounting, remote job submission, resource scheduling/reservation, and data management; ? Virtualization technologies capable of providing on demand application-specific execution environments: this involves a style of computing, Cloud Computing, in which on-demand resources are provided as a service over the Internet. HealthGrid is an environment that allows sharing of resources, in which heterogeneous and dispersed health data as well as applications can be accessed by all users as a tailored information providing system according to their authorization. However, several issues such as security and management of privacy data represent one of the biggest obstacles to adopt Grid technology as health IT. Cloud computing is emerging as a model for enabling convenient, on demand network access to a shared pool of configurable resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. Cloud computing poses obvious challenges and opportunities for public health informatics. Among the challenges there will be an escalation of the need for secure communications and storage especially when public health data is collected and transmitted using non-healthcare infrastructure. The main goal of the track is to exchange ideas and results related to on going grid and cloud computing research in HealthCare, with a look toward Biomedicine and Bionformatics, focusing on different aspects of middleware, technologies and applications. Topics of Interest The topics of interest will include but will be not limited to: * Grid Computing Infrastructures, Middleware and Tools for Biomedicine and Bioinformatics; * Cloud infrastructures: advances and evaluation of virtualization technologies; * Medical data and metadata management; * Security in HealthGrid and Cloud; * Semantic aspects in Grid and Cloud for Biomedical Data; * Grid/cloud applications: Service and/or algorithm design and implementation applicable to health applications; * Best practices related to solving large-scale problems on grid/ cloud infrastructures; * Parallel applications on grid/cloud infrastructures: theory and practice, programming models, intercluster communications, remote execution; * Workflow Management Systems targeting HealthGrid and Cloud applications; * Scientific gateways and user environments targeting HealthGrid and Cloud applications; * Grid-based Visualization of Biomedical Data; * Integration of HealthGrid and Cloud Applications into Clinical Practice. Important Dates Submission deadline for regular papers: 17 Jun 2010 Notification of acceptation: 2 Aug 2010 Final camera ready due: 2 Sep 2010 Author registration: 2 Sep 2010 Workshop Chairs * Maria Mirto - Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change & Univ. of Salento - Italy * Giovanni Aloisio - Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Univ. of Salento & SPACI ? Italy * Almerico Murli, University of Naples, Italy * Tony Solomonides, Univ. of the West of England, UK * Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Program Committee * Robert G. Belleman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Vincent Breton (CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Clermont-Ferrand, France) * Marian Bubak (AGH Krakow PL/ UvA Amsterdam NL) * Massimo Cafaro (University of Salento, Lecce, Italy) * Mario Cannataro (University "Magna Gr?cia" of Catanzaro, Italy) * Rita Casadio (Biocomputing Lab, University of Bologna, Italy) * Henri Casanova (University of Hawaii, USA) * Ewa Deelman (ISI/USC, USA) * Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee, USA) * Geoffrey Fox (Indiana University, USA) * Vicente Hernandez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) * Dieter Kranzlmueller (Ludwing-Maximilian University Munich & Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Germany) * Mary Kratz (University of Michigan Medical School Information Services, USA) * Giuliano Laccetti (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy) * Yannick Legre (CNRS/IN2P3 France) * David Manset (University of Savoie, France, University West of England, UK, Maat G knowledge, Madrid, Spain) * Johan Montagnat (CNRS (I3S laboratory) France) * Silvia D. Olabarriaga (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Cecilia Saccone (ITB/CNR Institute of Biomedical Technologies of Bari, Italy) * Ashish Sharma (Emory University, Atlanta, USA) * Jonathan Silverstein (Computation Institute of the University of Chicago, USA) * Richard Sinnott (National e-Science Centre, Glasgow, UK) * Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia) Paper Submission and Publication We invite original previously unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Each paper must be prepared following the IEEE 2-column format and should not exceed the length of 6 (six) letter-sized pages, submitted electronically using the paper submission system prior to the submission deadline. CBMS 2010 submission web site is http://www.cbms2010.debii.curtin.edu.au All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one of the authors of accepted papers is required to register and present the work at the conference; otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Please contact mariaDOTmirtoATunisalento.it it for any question. From jeedward at yahoo.com Fri May 14 22:23:35 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:23:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Open-bio-announce] Call for papers: BCBGC-10, USA, July 2010 Message-ID: <819478.83014.qm@web45904.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research is in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, data-mining, and related areas. Call for papers: BCBGC-10, USA, July 2010 The 2010 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during 12-14 of July 2010 in Orlando, FL, USA. BCBGC is an important event in the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics and chemoinformatics and focuses on all areas related to the conference. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several other major international conferences will be taking place. The conference will be held as part of 2010 multi-conference (MULTICONF-10). MULTICONF-10 will be held during July 12-14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields. The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) ? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) ? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) ? International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (CCN-10) ? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) ? International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) ? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) ? International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) ? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) ? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) MULTICONF-10 will be held at Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites. It is a full-service resort that puts you in the middle of the fun! Located 1/2 block south of the famed International Drive, the hotel is just minutes from great entertainment like Walt Disney World? Resort, Universal Studios and Sea World Orlando. Guests can enjoy free scheduled transportation to these theme parks, as well as spacious accommodations, outdoor pools and on-site dining ? all situated on 10 tropically landscaped acres. Here, guests can experience a full-service resort with discount hotel pricing in Orlando. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward